today we are going most of the day, but we might see a few showers late this afternoon in far western iowa. temperatures today are going to be cooler with highs in the mid 60s and lows tonight in the mid 50s. overnight tonight we'll see clouds really fill in with scattered thundershowers moving in from the west. friday is still the best day for a soak across the state as we see rain continue to move in from the west across central iowa heaviest during the morning and into the afternoon. we are looking cool and dry through the weekend with highs falling into the low 60s. next week we have a couple more rain chances during the middle of the week with 50s back in the forecast towards the end of the week. sabrina: let's get into the top five this morning.... sabrina: police will be patrolling near altoona elementary today, following a case of child enticement... two boys said a pair of men in a white truck drove up to them and tried to lure them into the vehicle with candy... the boys gave police a detailed description of the suspects. they are two white men -- both with brown hair and hats. o

starting roughly around 5 or 6pm western iowa should start to see more consistent showers moving in, and it looks like the metro will start seeing rain around 9pm. we are going to keep the rain going through the evening with scattered showers moving east and breaking up saturday morning. overnight lows will fall into the mid 40s with highs only climbing into the mid 50s saturday due to the clouds and rain. we should be mainly dry during the afternoon saturday for both the isu and iowa games, but you'll still need to be bundled up especially for the late ones with 40s coming back saturday night. sunday through much of next week is mother nature's way of paying us back with gorgeous temps in the 60s and 70s and plenty of dry weather! elias: let's get into the top five this morning.... elias: a tense situation inside a metro school bus thursday afternoon....whe n an adult bus driver gets into a physical confrontation with a special police say the incident began when 61-year old robert scarbrough got upset when the 15-year-old student wouldn't sit in his assigned seat. he now faces an as

iowa town. stephanie: welcome back. in the western harris, a project forward with a tax plan that will divert millions of dollars into a fund for future projects. it's called "tax increment funding" the money is coming from a wind farm near harris iowa. "tif" funding essentially borrows against the projected revenue of an existing project. the dollars generated from the turbines near harris will generate more than 170- thousand dollars a year for tif projects. that's three and a half million over 20-years. stephanie: some in the greater sibley community don't agree with how that money will be used. the city held a public hearing on the matter. farmers associated with the wind farm are furious and say no other options for raising money were ever discussed. despite their objections the city plans to more forward with the tif funding. "we have 170 people in our city, we don't have the budget, we don't have the debt ceiling like bigger cities do to take on stuff like this," said greg spaethe the mayor of harris. jack: the wind turbines ar

starting roughly around 5 or 6pm western iowa should start to see more consistent showers moving in, and it looks like the metro will start seeing rain around 9pm. we are going to keep the rain going through the evening with scattered showers moving east and breaking up saturday morning. overnight lows will fall into the mid 40s with highs only climbing into the mid 50s saturday due to the clouds and rain. we should be mainly dry during the afternoon saturday for both the isu and iowa games, but you'll still need to be bundled up especially for the late ones with 40s coming back saturday night. sunday through much of next week is mother nature's way of paying us back with gorgeous temps in the 60s and 70s and plenty of dry weather! amanda: also coming up on local five news midday.... a former new hampshire boarding school student, owen labrie, has been sentenced to one year in prison. amanda: and--daylight saving time amanda: big changes potentially coming to your healthcare coverage here in iowa. "local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" amanda: good morning and thanks for

back to being dry for most of the day, but we might see a few showers late this afternoon in far western iowa. temperatures today are going to be cooler with highs in the mid 60s and lows tonight in the mid 50s. overnight tonight we'll see clouds really fill in with scattered thundershowers moving in from the west. friday is still the best day for a soak across the state as we see rain continue to move in from the west across central iowa heaviest during the morning and into the afternoon. we are looking cool and dry through the weekend with highs falling into the low 60s. next week we have a couple more rain chances during the middle of the week with 50s back in the forecast towards the end of the week. elias: also coming up on local five news midday.... a big week in the presidential race, with major shifts among the candidates. elias: and -- it looks like a back to the future prediction did not come true last night for one unlucky team. elias: plus -- some good news for one family after a tragic road rage incident in albuquerque. "local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" elias: g

we will be mainly dry this evening, but a few showers will likely make it into western iowa this evening and try to move into central iowa later. they will likely dissipate as drier air is in place here. this should hold true into thursday too with lots of clouds, but not much rain here thanks to drier easterly winds. friday will be our day of showers and a few thunderstorms likely. i think we will get a major wave of rain come through late morning to early afternoon, then a bit drier in the late afternoon. then more showers will be possible in the evening. clouds may linger into saturday, but we should have the sun back for saturday afternoon into sunday morning. stephanie: also coming up, a campaign bus is switching sides. what once praised donald trump has been turned into art against him. stephanie: and the verdicts in. see what the jury decided after three days of deliberation. plus.... "next thing you know it's like 3,000 and 4,000 and then 5,00o.it's like what the heck? and then all these comments are coming in.this is crazy, you know?" stephanie: a small act of kindness goes vira

there is a frost advisory in effect for friday morning in western iowa. saturday morning looks to be the coldest morning this season with temperatures in the 30s. chances for a frost or even hard freeze will have to be monitored through the weekend. highs will only reach the upper 50s friday afternoon. next first on thirteen... the iowa supreme court is hearing arguments over whether warren county supervisors broke the law when they fired a dozen workers last year. one supervisor says the county has slashed so many jobs... that taxpayers aren't getting the services they are paying for. channel 13's aaron brilbeck has the story. for two weeks, the warren county zoning and planning office sat empty...it's sole employee was on vacation...and her 12-former colleagues were "reorganized" "reorganization is what they call it. i call it firing. they got rid of 12 employees so that they could save money, is what i've been told."the iowa supreme court is hearing arguments whether warren county supervisors broke the law when they fired the staff in march of last yea

year or $10 a month or $4.99 a la carte delivery jack: wind power is causing a controversy in one western iowa town. the city of harris is moving forward with a tax plan that will divert millions of dollars into a fund for future projects. the money is coming from a wind farm near harris iowa. this will allow them to borrow against the projected revenue of the existing project for what ever the city of harris needs. the projected revenue for the turbines is more than 170 thousand dollars a year. "we have 170 people in our city, we don't have the budget, we don't have the debt ceiling like bigger cities do to take on stuff like this," said greg spaethe the mayor of harris. jack: but some people in harris don't agree with how that money will be used. farmers associated with the wind farm are furious and head to court. they say no other options for raising money were ever discussed. jack: coming up tonight at ten, that's not the only "tax increment financing" project that's underway right now in the state. they're controversial. voters in cedar rapids and the quad cities are considering projects

western iowa dealt with some showers yesterday relationships. jessica and scott are chatting about facebook's impact on relationships. jessica and scott are chatting about facebook's impact on relationships. scott:good morning siouxland. western iowa dealt with some showers yesterday which have now spiraled away leaving mostly cloudy skies in their wake. the temperature map displays 40s and 50s in the region. however, a strong northwest wind is blowing and will gust today near 45 miles per hour, so it feels far cooler. getting a look at your dayplanner, you can see that we'll reach a high temperature in the lower 50s. scott: spiraled away leaving mostly cloudy skies in their wake. the temperature map displays 40s and 50s in the region. however, a strong northwest wind is blowing and will gust today near 45 miles per hour, so it feels far cooler. getting a look at your dayplanner, you can see that we'll reach a high temperature in the lower 50s. scott: here's a quick chekc outside on one of our iowa d-o-t traffic cam's here at . many folks still

this is going to give western iowa communities a shot at rain tomorrow. then it'll be windy from the northwest with gusts potentially over 40 miles per hour on wednesday. getting a look at the forecast now - today your high temperature is 63 with increasing cloud cover. the overnight low is 42 and it'll be mostly cloudy and cool. tomorrow, the high is 59 and showers are possible - mainly east. here's the 7 day forecast where 50s saturday should be dry. jessica rae: scott: adlib from the west will collide with an area of low pressure moving northward out of the gulf which is partially the remnants of hurricane patricia. this is going to give western iowa communities a shot at rain tomorrow. then it'll be windy from the northwest with gusts potentially over 40 miles per hour on wednesday. getting a look at the forecast now - today your high temperature is 63 with increasing cloud cover. the overnight low is 42 and it'll be mostly cloudy and cool. tomorrow, the high is 59 and showers are possible - mainly east. here's the 7 day forecast where 50s and 60s are

chance for a late day shower or sprinkle across western iowa. a light breeze coming in from the south. light rain most of the area overnight. we are not expecting thundershowers. temperatures near 45 degrees. tomorrow looks good starting out with a couple of showers early in the morning. clearing skies in the afternoon. 58 degrees on saturday. the weather keeps getting better . sunday, highs near 68 degrees. for next week, get ready to pull out though shorts for those kids because it is going to be a warm week. high temperatures near 70 degrees, maybe in the low to mid 70's for the middle part of the week. by the end of the week we will have a few more rain showers the forecast. overall looks really good. eric: especially as we move into november. thank you. elizabeth: an old scam with a casey's general store found credit card these were using skimmers attached to gas pumps. eric: that is all changing. reporter: officials with caseys general stores say seven of their locations in iowa and nebraska including this one in omaha have fallen victim t

this is going to give western iowa at rain tomorrow. from the northwest with gusts potentially over 40 miles per hour on wednesday. getting a look at the forecast now - today your high temperature is 63 with increasing cloud cover. the overnight low is 42 and it'll be mostly cloudy and cool. tomorrow, the high is 59 and showers are possible - mainly east. here's the 7 day forecast where 50s and 60s are ahead. halloween on saturday should be dry. jessica rae scott: jessica rae: it was a aig weekend for law enforcement anan football in sioux city. ahead of the morningside - briar cliff game... law enformcent officials were honored for their hard work. abc9 news reporter bria bell has more on law enforcement appreciation day. "there's not a day that goes by that i don't think of him, he was an amazing man," said buenting. amanda buenting is the widow of rockwell city officer jamie buenting who was killed during a fourur hour standoff in septber of 2013. though she says it's been tough without him, her second family in blue has been right b

western iowa dealt with some jessica and scott are chatting about shake cats. jessica and scott are chatting about shake cats. scott:good morning siouxland. western iowa dealt with some showers yesterday which have now spiraled away leaving mostly cloudy skies in their wake. the temperature map displays 40s and 50s in the region. however, a strong northwest wind is blowing and will gust today near 45 miles per hour, so it feels far cooler. getting a look at your dayplanner, you can see that we'll reach a high temperature in the lower 50s. scott: here's a quick check outside on spiraled away leaving mostly cloudy skies in their wake. the temperature map displays 40s and 50s in the region. however, a strong northwest wind is blowing and will gust today near 45 miles per hour, so it feels far cooler. getting a look at your dayplanner, you can see that we'll reach a high temperature in the lower 50s. d-o-t traffic cam's here at . many folks still waking up and starting their workday....please drive safely everyone... jessica rae: thanks scott... apple is posting st

sabrina: in the western iowa city of harris, a project in the western iowa city of harris, a project is moving forward with a tax plan that will divert millions of dollars into a fund for future projects. it's called "tax increment funding" the money is coming from a wind farm near harris iowa. "tif" funding essentially borrows against the projected revenue of an existing project. the dollars generated from the turbines near harris will generate more than 170- thousand dollars a year for tif projects. that's three and a half million over 20-years. sabrina: some in the greater sibley community don't agree with how that money will be used....and shared their thoughts at a public meeting farmers associated with the wind farm are furious and say no other options for raising money were ever discussed. despite their objections the city plans to more forward with the tif funding. "we have 170 people in our city, we don't have the budget, we don't have the debt ceiling like bigger cities do to take on stuff like this," said greg spaethe the mayor of harris. sabrina: the wind turbines are on

we will be mainly dry this evening, but a few showers will likely make it into western iowa this evening and try to move into central iowa later. dissipate as drier air is in place here. this should hold true into thursday too with lots of clouds, but not much rain here thanks to drier easterly winds. friday will be our day of showers and a few thunderstorms likely. i think we will get a major wave of rain come through late morning to early afternoon, then a bit drier in the late afternoon. then more showers will be possible in the evening. clouds may linger into saturday, but we should have the sun back for saturday afternoon into sunday morning. brad/wxhang (adlib) jack:/ stephanie: thanks, brad! jack: alright-- and it's back to the future day, remember? " doc, what's going on....where are we...when are we? we're descinding on hill valley california, on wednesday october 21, 20-15. 2015!" jack: there's a lot of back to the future day, remember? " doc, what's going on....where are we...when are we? we're descinding on hill valley california, on wednesday october 21, 20-15. there's a lot

that batch of cold saturday, with patchy frost possible across most of northern/western iowa. highs rebound back into the mid 60s sunday and low 70s monday with rain chances >>> it's thursday, october 15th, 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including a group that will stop taking tips, first on "cbs this morning," ceo danny meyer tells us why he is taking the risk. >>> first, here is a look at today's eye opener at 8:00. >>> the system back online. no signs that the failure had anything to do with a malicious attack. >>> recent explosion of violence in afghanistan has led president obama to reverse his decision. >>> three palestinian men were arrested, israeli police suspected them of about to launch another attack. >>> the clinton campaign is suddenly but unmistakably upping the pressure on vice president biden to announce his intentions. >>> donald trump finds the line and crosses it and then jumps a mile beyond it. >>> in the old days, with bergdahl bergdahl, who was a traitor, it was treason, you would shoot him. he would get shot. >>> fast-mo

temps for halloween day are looking like mid 50s with western iowa a bit warmer. it will be mainly clear and cool for any trick-or- treaters that are going out saturday evening. then we head into november and back to standard time on sunday. but the real exciting thing is that we will push our highs close to 70 that afternoon! and we keep the warm trend going into the first half of next week. it will cool off with some rain by thursday and friday, so enjoy those 70s while we have them! (adlib) stephanie: thanks, brad! jack: coming up on democratic about? stephanie: but next.... government shutdown? "you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd. we republican debate on cnbc wasn't democrats or each other-- it moderators. jack: now-- angry about the questions asked taking action. jack: the republican national committee is suspending a february debate with nbc news. nbc, r-n-c quote, "the questions were inaccurate or downright offensive." he specifically references the first one directed to donald trump if he was running a comic book version of a presidential campaign. ja

o2017. 3 iowa governor terry branstad made several stops in siouxland today, including one at western iowa tech community college. branstad was joined by lieutenant governor kim reynolds and local officials from sioux city. the visit is part of the "future ready iowa" initiative to improve workforce and economic development opportunities. 3 "what we want to do is encourage students and parents to visit advanced manufacturing, to visit the businesses and learn the great career opportrtities. and also e opportunity we have in collaboration we have e between the high school and community colleges and dual enroll and get credit in many of these technical fields."the goal is to have 70 percent of students prepared to fill high- the state. 3 sioux city students are getting a warning about the dangers of drugs this week. as part of red ribbon week... the sioux city elk's club brought ray lozano (low-zon-o) to town to talk about how teen alcohol and marijuana use affect the brain. lozano is the elk's club national spokesman on drug and alcohol abuse. in addititn to a talk this afternoon at the elk

there is a frost advisory posted for western iowa, but our threat for freezing temperatures will likely come late friday night into saturday morning when many areas north and east of the metro could drop below freezing. we will have a good amount of sunshine the next three days in spite of the cool temperatures. after a couple of days reaching the 50s, sunday will be warmer with se winds and a high in the mid 60s. the 70s should return for early next week along with our first decent chance for some rain this month! brad/wxhang (adlib) stephanie: thanks, brad! stephanie: have you or someone you really tough situation and come through as a hero? if so we need you to nominate them! local 5 is proud to be a sponsor of the heroes game on november 27th and we need you to nominate a hero to be recognized at that game. tell us their story at we are iowa dot com. look for the icon in the "don't miss" section of the website. jack: still to come on local 5. could your child's picky eaten put them at risk for emotional problems? we'll explain in today's health minute. you're watching local 5 news a

this is going to give western iowa communities a shot at rain tomorrow. then it'll be windy from the northwest with gusts potentially over 40 miles per hour on wednesday. getting a look at the forecast now - today your high temperature is 63 with increasing cloud cover. the overnight low is 42 and it'll be mostly cloudy and cool. tomorrow, the high and showers are possible - mainly east. here's the 7 day forecast where 50s and 60s are ahead. halloween on outside on the port neal welding company skycam hd in s sux city and the king's pointe skycamam hd in storm lakeke temperaturesesre in the 40s and 50s across our siouxland map this morning. the wind is directed from the south and southeast between 10 and 15 miles per hour. the satellite and radar picture displays increasing clouds from west to east and then we'll have mostly cloudy conditions by the afternoon. here's the dayplanner where temperatures will peak in the lower 60s. here's the stormcast hd where we'll have a mostly cloudy day. moisture from the west will collide with an area of low pressure mo

there is a frost advisory posted for western iowa, but our threat for freezing temperatures will likely come late friday night into saturday morning when many areas north and east of the metro could drop below freezing. we will have a good amount of sunshine the next three days in spite of the cool after a couple of days reaching the 50s, sunday will be warmer with se winds and a high in the mid 60s. the 70s should return for early next week along with our first decent chance for some rain this month! brad/2wx: weareiowa.com for the latest in weather . stephanie/2wx: thanks brad. it was a good day to be outside... thanks brad. it was a good day to be outside... which was good news for a crowd taking part in a walk in downtown des moines. stephanie: it's all for white cane safety day -- the event invites members of iowa's blind community and their supporters to participate in a walk to recognize the achievements of the blind and the importance of the white cane. organizers also hope it reminds citizens of the laws granting the right of way to blind cane travelers. stephanie: if you were

cooperative efforts of sioux city businesses, iowa works of greater siouxland, the school district, and western iowa tech. governor branstad was also in sioux ceceer, where he designated sioux x unty as the 24th designated home base iowa community. community leaders and members of the public joined the governor for the presentation at the sioux county courthouse. home base iowa provides veterans with resources to help them find employment and integrate themselves into the community. they're getting in the halloween spirit at briar cliff university. every year, a student club turns the school's underground tunnels into a haunted house. this year, it's a circus theme. admission is three dollars. the haunted tunnels will be open to the public today and tomorrow from seven to ten p-m. they also offer a toned-down family hour before that from six to seven. on halloween, they're open from 6 to 9. taylor swift wants to go to court... also bond is breaking records in the u.k. and lebron is taking his talentnt. to a new show.. mary moloney has more in today's hollywood minu. << don't mess with t-swift. last

a frost advisory in effect for portions of western iowa. it will be a chilly night. you definitely will need to bundle up if you are out. 55 degrees tomorrow. lots of sunshine. the winds not as gusty as they were today, out of the northwest at about 5-15. waking up to a cool start on saturday in the low 30's it -- low 30's. 57 by the afternoon. we are going to jump back into the low to mid 70's by monday and tuesday, and that is our next best chance of rain. back out here live at night eyes. a perfect night and people are really getting the hint that this is a perfect night. we are here until 8:00. acta you. kevin: that program reminder for thursday night. football game tonight. the atlanta falcons taking on the new orleans saints at 6:30. coverage begins that means our late news here on kcci will be delayed. if you're looking for a 10:00 news broadcast, you can switch over to metv des moines, channel we'll also have late news 8.2. coverage following the stactt2watx#@n4 p bt@qj4@ tt2watx#@n4 p "a@qz8$ tt2watx#@n4 p bm@qq3( tt4watx#@n4 r dztq 4/, tt4watx#@n4 r entq d+

by around 8:00 p.m., western iowa will start to dry things back out. the rain had out as we head toward the weekend. temperatures this morning significantly cooler than in central and southern iowa, readings are considerably milder with temperatures in the 50's. a light breeze coming in from the northeast at six, no fog to worry about. headed for 65 degrees. that is pretty close to where we should be. tomorrow, on and off showers and thundershowers, but then the rain moves out and a beautiful weekend. the next chance for rain tuesday into wednesday, temperatures cooling back down to cooler readings in the 50's for highs. shaina: it will be comfortable. everything looks just fine outside, no accidents to report. we still have an hour or an hour and a half before we start getting backed up on i-235 or 35/80. that's for the day, 2000 56th street, 1900 east 9th street, 500 northeast 70th avenue, and 11,000 northwest 44th street. elizabeth: hillary in the hot factored into joe shaina: we'll back to kcci at 6:25. today it is hillary to the hill. she will go b

highs over western iowa were in the 40s and 50s. it was the e me story in eastern nebraska a and southeastern south dakota! 51 is our temperature in sioux city. the dew point is 36 and the relative humidity 56 hour. local temperatures are in the middle 40s to middle 50s. winds are still breezy over western iowa, but lighter winds are seen over the west. these lighter winds will spread through the area later tonit. checking the satellite and radar, we can see the big low pressure system moving away from us, and taking the clouds with it. the stormcast hd shows high pressure to our south, and this will help to promote mostly clear skies tonight. that will result in freezing temperatures by sunrise. but clouds will quickly return tomorrow ahead of our next weather system, which will bring siouxland widespread light rain from late afternoon to early saturday morning. but the daytime on saturday will be dry, ananwe are forecasting a few the rain forecast clock tomoow afternoon at 4 pm. by the time we reach saturday morning, a quarter to

a slight chance of showers moving into western iowa after 6:00 p.m. and arriving in central iowa closer tonight :00 p.m. -- 9:00 p.m. elizabeth: it's a story we first told you about on wednesday. an ankeny girl's life forever changed by a simple question -- what's your name? shaina: it's a whirlwind story about abby faber, who was flown to fort worth, texas yesterday to attend the tcu horned frogs >> i feel famous, because they keep sending the picture back and back to us. shaina: that picture has now gone viral. it was a special moment between quarterback trevone boykin and abby -- captured last week in ames. now a week later, 7-year-old abby and her family got a standing ovation at tcu's stadium. mom tells kcci they had a fabulous time. they met tcu's coach, gary patterson, they were out on the field after the 1st quarter -- and abby was featured in a video shown on the big screen. they fly back to iowa today. elizabeth: what an amazing experience. eric: very cool. and right now, the mets and the royals are already in new york, ready for game three o

in western iowa. if you think o oa farmer that might be great on "proud to be a hohotown farmer" tell us about them! you can nominate them on our web site... siouxlandnews.com. or you can e - mail me... at j - heller at siouxland news larry>> thanks jake. the most infamous is presidential candidate hillary clinton and her senior advisors who used off-the-record emails on a private server . . . stored in the clinton home. in spite of agency policies, the federararecords act - federal law - is crystal clear on how coespondence is to be retained. lisa jackson, . . . the e-p-a administrator from 2009 to 2013, . . . used the fake name "richard windsor" for her email. this was likely to avoid complying another federal law - the foia act. jackson wasn't even the first head of the e-p-a to do so. elizabeth browner started the practice under president bill clinton. republicans have gotten into the act, too. karl roveve. . . politicacaadvisor and deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush, . . .was caugh

for western iowa and even then a few sprinkles. this morning if you are getting an early start near tunnel, we are dealing with fog in that area. visibility is: to half a mile. -- has fallen to half a mile. get ready for a gorgeous stretch of weather. shaina: authorities say a wanted suspect in kentucky has been shot and killed after a weeklong manhunt. killing a tennessee police officer in firing at a kentucky trooper. police say they found cook this morning in kentucky and exchanged gunfire. no officers were injured. congress has approved a budget in debt deal to avoid what could default. this raises the debt ceiling for the federal government for the next two years until march 2017. it passed in the senate with a 64-35 vote. police are trying to figure out who released video from inside the texas restaurant that was the scene of a biker gang shootout in may. this is footage from a twin peaks restaurant in waco. several bikers armed, other scrambling for cover. nine of those bikers were killed. this incident is one of the most vi

there is a frost advisory posted for western iowa, but our threat for freezing temperatures will likely come late friday night into saturday morning when many areas north and east of the metro could drop below freezing. we will have a good amount of sunshine the next three days in spite of the cool temperatures. after a couple of days reaching the 50s, sunday will be warmer with se winds and a high in the mid 60s. the 70s should return for early next week along with our first decent chance for some rain this month! stephanie: also coming up, four groups of iowans four groups of iowans protesting in the metro. some showing opposition or support for the bakkan pipeline. others telling a presidential candidate how they really feel about their visit. jack: and in the courtroom today, accused shooter pete polson taking the stand for the first time. hear his apology and a shocking revelation about his past. stephanie: but first, it's a population boom in waukee and the schools district is struggling to keep up. the district says they have to redraw the boundaries...why parents say " local 5 n

runners in western iowa this weekend had a more dangerous obstacle on their route. sam curtiss has the story ... residents in lawton, iowa, may have opened their homes' blinds saturday night to see the living dead wandering the streets. no, their eyes weren't playing tricks on them. but the people they saw weren't actual zombies. it was mainly high school juniors at lawton-bronson junior/senior high school dressed to look the part. they were dressed that way to help raise money for an after-prom party. the lawton-bronson after-prom committee came up with the idea to have a zombie attack 5k. susan logsdon said planning for the event started in april of this year. she says it's to give teens a place to party after prom free from peer pressure. "midnight to five kids can go down to bronson and have a party that's a safe environment where they can go and hang out and have some fun with their friends," she added. there were were more than 20 teens transformed into zombies spread out across the town. raven loftus, a zombie in the run, said everyone one person's house as a

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and d lks from oux city were all l western iowa tech community college. part of the "future ready iowa" initiative... meant to improve iowa's workforce and generate more economic development opportunities. 3 "what we want to do o encourage students and parents to visit advanced manufacturing, to visit the businesses and learn the great career opportunities. and also the opportunity we have in collaboration we have between the high school and community colleges and dual enroll and get credit in many of these technical 3 fields."the goal is to have 70 percent of students ready to fill high - skilled jobs in the state of iowa. 3 it's been almost two years since tejas tubular said it was going to build a new manufacturing facicity in norfolk... and it's been 8 months since plans to build it were put on hold our own novak was in norfolk yesterday morning... where a different company is making similar plans. 3 this project has been in the making for four years now. ceo and director of o-t-c pipe... charley havens... negotiated with the city of norfolk and nucor

"the type of career education that's done here at western iowa tech, and around siouxland, is the type of training that we're looking for in all sectors of the state because we have such a high

on friday he'll make three stops in western iowa. then on saturday rubio will campaign first in mason city... and then in des moines at the state fairgrounds. that event begin at 12-45. an altoona family living in a flood plain are getting a buy out... the polk county board of supervisors approved the deal today. it part of a 340-thousand dollar deal to improve the watershed around mud creek in altoona... this is the home the county is buying. its assessed at more than 200-thousand dollars. county supervisors say the owners have made multiple flood- related claims with fema... and buying it will prevent future claims. 03:40:52-03:49:10 the timeline is pretty quick, approval today, then family move, wed go in demo over winter then in spring develop a plan to use the site. the board of supervisors say the long term goal is to buy 16-acres of adjacent property to further expand the watershed. plenty of wet weather but no today.. chief meteorologist ed wilson joins us... morning... iowa. we've already received just about a quarter inch o

elias: in the western iowa city of harris, a project is moving forward with a tax plan that will divert millions of dollars into a fund for future projects. it's called "tax increment funding" however, not all in the area agree with how that money will be used. sabrina: new this morning...get ready to see preparations for the coming winter... sabrina: starting today, city workers in ames will begin winter preparations at park facilities... the parks and rec department will shut off the water in the 37 parks it manages,, with no heating infrastructure in the facilities, cutting off the water prevents burst pipes. residents can still use the parks, they remain open year-round. elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: sam: weather adlib: after 20 days straight of no rain here in the metro, we finally got a few showers to fall yesterday and break the streak! today there is another very small chance for a few showers across the state, but if we do see rain today it should be even more wide spread and scattered compared to yesterday. we're going to be cloudy

police in western iowa are looking for a suspect that hit an officer with a truck. council bluffs authorities tried to arrest adam thomas wednesday on suspicion of fraud. but as they were investigating, thomas escaped the squad car and got into his truck that was parked near by. an officer tried to stop him from diving away but was hit. the officer was taken to the hospital with injuries to his stomach. officials also shot at the truck...which was later found abandoned. investigators now say he could now be in a chevy malibu that he stole from his mother. thomas faces charges of attempted murder, theft, and escape from custody. if you have any information you are asked to contact authorities. iowa seniors are being forced to decide how they'll do more with less this morning... yesterday it was announced social security benefits will not be going up next year. many recipients on a tight budget depend on a cost of living increase... but that... won't come this time. that hits as medicare premiums third of beneficiaries. today the news is leaving some iowans worried ab

the head football coach and social studies teacher from sibley- ocheyedan (oh- chee'-duhn) in western iowa has been fired after being found asleep in a classroom with a student. kyle ewinger said this student is more like his son....and that they got back late from a football game and the student's grandmother's house was locked so they slept in the classroom. elias: in the number two spot this morning... elias: christina williamson has pleaded guilty to two counts of child endangerment. williamson, who ran a daycare williamson, who ran a daycare out of her home, was arrested back in may after her husband secretly recorded her abusing children in her care. she is free on bond for now until her sentencing in december. sabrina: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... sabrina: the state of texas has cut off medicaid funding to planned parenthood clinics. the move comes after undercover videos released by the anti- abortion group center for medical progress, which alleges the videos show that planned parenthood illegally sold fetal tissue for profit planned parenthood

western iowa should have some dry conditions while the showers will be lingering a little bit across the eastern part of the state. 30's and low 40's from fort dodge to mason city. are mild or but about 10 degrees colder than this time yesterday. the clouds will stick around, just a couple of sprinkles earlier this morning, heading for 65 degrees. we have had some on and off down towards -- downpours. the rain will move out and the weekend looks dry. next week looks good, with more rainfall on tuesday and wednesday. highs fall back into the 50's, lows in the 30's. shaina: everything looks just fine outside if you are getting ready to head out. the roads are dry this morning, no accidents, so good news all around. here are your mobile speed units 1900 east 9th street, 500 northeast 70th avenue, and 11,000 northwest 40 four st. elizabeth: who will host the we need to disrupt the old order in washington, dc. we can do a lot better by applying conservative principles we should lower rates and simplify the code to allow people to freely decide how they want to spend their money. what we n

thursday is also looking mostly cloudy with just a few showers for mainly far western iowa. our rain chances go way up on friday with showers and a few rumbles possible as a weather system comes out of the sw. after a decent soaking friday, this system should leave us just in time to have a nice weekend with sunshine and near seasonal temperatures in the low 60s. next week it looks like some very chilly air could arrive here by wednesday. it seems we are way overdo for that! brad/wxhang (adlib) jack:/ stephanie: thanks, brad! stephanie: stephanie: and if you have a child interested in doing the in doing the weather with in doing the weather with brad, log onto our website-- we are iowa dot com and click on the future forecaster tab. we'll be right stephanie: there's something really fun we're working on tomorrow on iowa, our five. a back to the future themed show... because october 21st, 2015 is the day in the future that marty mcfly travels to in the 1985 movie "back to the future." stephanie: we really hope you'll tune in, from 5-7 a-m to see things like... the special sto

of attempted murder, two counts of willful injury and drug and weapons charges authorities in western iowa have arrested a bank robbery suspect. pottawattamie county deputies say this man reportedly robbed farmers- merchants state bank in neola on wednesday. then on friday officials identified the man as 37-year-old jesse specht from council bluffs as the suspect. they later located pecht at a hotel in omaha. police arrested and charged him with second degree robbery charges. a local family woke up this morning to find their deck had caught fire. norwalk fire fighters were called to this house on blue stem road around one. investigators believe the fire started on the grill and quickly spread from there. everyone was able to get out safely. west des moines fire fighters were also called in to help put out the fire. fires are becoming a major threat around the state. the state fire marshall added 6 more counties a burn ban list.....that brings the total to 18. officials say the dry conditions in those counties making things like grills or bonfires a danger to spark brush fires. we'll go now

we will be mainly dry this evening, but a few showers will likely make it into western iowa this evening and try to move into central iowa later. they will likely dissipate as drier air is in place here. this should hold true into thursday too with lots of clouds, but not much rain here thanks to drier easterly winds. friday will be our day of showers and a few thunderstorms likely. i think we will get a major wave of rain come through late morning to early afternoon, then a bit drier in the late afternoon. then more showers will be possible in the evening. clouds may linger into saturday, but we should have the sun back for saturday afternoon into sunday morning. brad/2wx: that's all for my forecast. check out weareiowa.com for the latest in weather . stephanie/2wx: thanks brad. jack/2bam: i'm here with sports director jon schaeffer, and jon..... let's talk about another big 12 coaching newcomer jon/2bam: yeah jack steve prohm isn't the only new face in the big 12. coming up on local 5 sports we'll hear from shaka smart about how far back he and prohm go. with jon schaeffer. we are iowa

police in western iowa are looking for a suspect that hit an officer wita truck. council bluffs authorities arrested adam thomas yesterday on suspicion of fraud. but while they continued thr investigating thomas got out of a squad car and into his truck that was parked near by. an officer tried to stop him from diving away but was hit. the officer was taken to the hospital with injuries to his stomach. officials also shot at the truck...which was later found abandoned. investigators now say he could now be in a chevy malibu that he stole from his mother. thomas faces charges of attempted murr, theft, and escape from custody. if you have any information you are asked to contact authorities. authorities in pottawattamie county need the public's help finding a robbery suspect. deputies are looking for this man after he held up the farmers-merchants state bank in neola yesterday afternoon. the suspect was able to get away with an unknown amount of money in and red s-u-v. if you have an information you are asked to call the sheriff's office at a portion of southeast 34

western iowa tech community college hosted a different kind of wellness fair this afternoon. the iowa department for the blind teamed up with local providers for the sioux city vision loss resource fair. visitors got to learn about the various products and services available to people experiencing vision loss and/or blindness... including information on large- print or audiobooks from sioux city's public library... public transit options for the blind... and information on vocational rehab and doing everyday tasks non- visually. larry>> halloween comes early to one sioux city elementary break. kayla>> . sprinkles and showers have started across the area and will continue throughout tonighghand the day tomorrow. temperatates will be back in t t 60's for the rest of the w wk and continue to drop into the 50s during the weekend into the beginning of next week. larry>> finally tonight... halloween came early for some sioux city elementary students. tonight the staff at unity elementary school... and somom volunteers f fm morningside college... tmed up to hold a special *early* tri

funeral expenses f-b-i agents arrested 21-people and rescued two human trafficking victims in western iowa and nebraska. the sting...which took place last week...targeted hotels, apartment buildings and truck stops in council bluffs and omaha. it was part of "operation cross country"....which focused on underage victims of prostitution. in similar stings held across the u- s....149 victims were rescued from sex trafficking....the youngest being 12 years old. more than 150 pimps were also take off the streets. firefighters in maxwell spent much of this morning fighting a large 3:26:26 once we got here, the barn was fully engulfed, so the decision was made to go defensive, protect the house, cars, and surrounding structures 3:26:36 about two dozen fire fighters from three separate departments were called in to help carry water. crews were able to contain the fire and keep it from spreading to the house. however the farm equipment and vehicles inside were lost. in the end no one was hurt. a cause it not yet known. right now snow is the last thing people want to think about. but the city of de

highs over western iowa were in the 60s today. eastern nebraska and southeastern south dakota saw highs in the 60s to lower 70s. in sioux city, we have 62 degrees. local temperatures are in the upper 50s and 60s. northwest winds are pushing in at 15 to 20 miles per hour. these winds will lighten to only about 5 miles per hour this evening. look at these low dew points in the 20s and upper teens! that means thahathe air is dryrynough to suppororcold temperatures toninit, since the air can onlylyool to the dew w int. relative humidity values refllect these low dew points--in the 20 to 30 percent range. and dry, fires will start easily and spread quickly. a red flag warning is your hint to not burn the warning expires at 7 pm. regional temperatures show the cold front that has moved through the area. only a few clouds have been seen locally, and clear skies will be seen overnight. the stormcast hd shows if cool, day tomorrow, and more frost tomorrow night. we'll see warming conditons by sun your forecast for tonight is for clear skie

plaza bowl was packed today with athletes from around western iowa competing in the special olympics state qualifying rounds. e athletes were each partnered wiwi volunteers. soso of those volunteersrsere stududts from briar cliff universityty among them was grad stude, mckie knudson. she says, for her, seeing the excitement on the kids' faces is why she volunteered. "it's nice to see just everyone competing and participating," says mckie knudson, volunteer bowler. "just the spirit of all these kids and the way they just enjoy life, and are so excited about everything." i was at the event today and bowled with jacob bush, a senior at west high but that's not the main reason he participates. "i try to win, b b it's not about winning or lososg, it's ving fun and that's what makes me proud of special olympics," says tytyr bush, special olympics athlete. "just having fun." qualifiers from today's bowlg tournament will move on to the state tournament. it's scheduled to take place on november 21st in cedar rapids, des moines, and sioux city. still to come... woodbury central tries to tonigh

western iowa that will spread here into central iowa through the afternoon. middle part of the afternoon. day. by the clock at 73 degrees. 60's at 8. throughout the day. we are breaking out sunshine, clouds around central iowa are spotty. an area of clearing, sections of nebraska will begin to pull through the afternoon and evening. this is a ripple of energy throughout tomorrow, a cold front slides through that might see isolated showers especially to the east. high pressure from thursday with sunshine and another chance of rain by the end of the week. we will keep an eye on that suggest no tomorrow looks decent -- no know tomorrow looks decent. 59 degrees tonight, a good one to open up windows. wednesday is a lot like today with sunshine of the afternoon and 74. 67 and thursday. we will see sunshine and a rain chance by friday. temperatures starting to fall. saturday in the low 60's. upper 50's by next week. mollie: it is weird to see something on radar. behind two game to none in the national league championship, the cubs have returned to play game three i

u- s marshals need your help tracking down a western iowa manwe'll tell you what he's wanted for in tonight's edition of siouxland's most wanted... plus..."asman says: 'what's the best place to trick or treat in the u.s.? we'll tell you. i'm david asman with the fox business 3 tonight u- s marshals need your help finding a fugitive who's wanted for violating his parole.brian lembke is wanted by the crawford county sheriff's office for failure lembke is 33 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall, and weighs 200 pounds. if you have *any* information about brian lembke... please call the u- s marshal service in sioux city at (712) 252-0211... or send marshals an e-mail at "siouxlands dot most wanted at u- s- d- o- j dot gov".you can also use the marshals' text a tip program. to text a tip, text the keyword "t- e- n (all in uppercase) 9- 9" and your tip to tip411 (847- 411). remember... the information you provide remains confidential and could put this fugitive behind bars. 3 taking a live look out over norfolk tonight on our square tire skywatch camera...we're finally seeing some actual fall weather! c